Group ramps up production of cleaning and sanitising goods amid coronavirus crisis

If anything, it’s only made the most coveted more sought after, as online sellers adapt to cater for their clientele.

Experts fear country is embarking on more white elephant projects

Properties changing hands for tens of thousands less than market value

Taylor Wimpey and Barratt halt work in effort to stem spread of coronavirus

Work in the sector slows at fastest rate since financial crisis

Two questions serve as a reality check on excessive American declinism

Several long-running conflicts are edging towards a temporary halt to hostilities

Jean Pierre Mustier’s nascent turnround derailed as bank slips to first-quarter loss

Airline forecasts capacity will be almost wiped out in the second quarter

German regulator looks at group’s statements ahead of KPMG special audit report

JPMorgan data show about one in four loans was behind on payments last month

Price wars and coronavirus have disrupted the sector, possibly moving peak demand even closer 

IEA expects global consumption will decline 8% this year in largest drop since second world war

President’s pet project holds line on output growth despite oil crisis and mammoth losses

Marathon cuts capital spending by $1.4bn in anticipation of 30% drop in output

Promises of huge growth are yet to materialise — but there’s huge potential

New Sipp dealing account has no annual management fee

Companies running defined benefit pension schemes ask regulator to extend payment holidays

A third of self-employed reported working reduced hours during the first two weeks of lockdown

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money

As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?

Cash from successful claims could reach bank accounts by end of the month

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture

Shares in security software maker dropped sharply after revelations of data harvesting

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations

State-owned oil group faces risk of further rating downgrades and grapples with output woes

Brazilian jet maker to seek damages from US group, which counters it is within its rights to terminate deal

Pledges to donate Covid-19 test kits pour in from groups including Vale and Petrobras

Bond market movements blamed for removal of nearly 175,000 cash prizes from monthly draw

Surprise measures on pensions and investing for children lay in the chancellor’s red box

NS&I scraps planned cuts to prize fund rate 

In today’s news: UK warns it would be ‘irresponsible’ to discuss easing lockdown. Spain sets out plan to lift its own tough measures. Donald Trump signals a halt to his daily media briefings as US death toll accelerates.

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

Concerns over climate change led the chemicals veteran to dramatically transform Syngenta

Deal to create one of world’s biggest chemicals groups beset by management clashes

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Like other accelerators, Techstars, a network of more than 40 corporate and geographically targeted startup bootcamps, has had to bring its marquee demo day events online. Over the last two weeks of April, industry-focused accelerators working with startups building businesses around mobility technologies (broadly) and the future of the home joined programs in Abu Dhabi, […]

AskRobin, an Estonia-founded fintech that operates a financial services marketplace for “underbanked” customers in Latin America, has picked up $1.7 million in funding. The seed round is backed by VC funds Change Ventures, Vereeni Early Stage Fund, BENE Asia Capital, and Lemonade Stand. In addition, a number of tech entrepreneurs from Estonia participated, such as […]

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Assigning an economic value to life is taboo — but we must confront the trade-offs

Under lockdown, vulnerable families are imprisoned in a cage of terror, stress and abuse

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The coronavirus pandemic is significantly slowing the growth of Facebook’s ads business, but investors seem pleased with the company’s performance in Q1 after Facebook released its earnings report Wednesday. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenues, sharing that they had made $17.74 billion while falling short on earnings per share at $1.71. The company […]

The anti-Brexit movement wasted energy on negative campaigning and parliamentary wrecking tactics

COP25 attempts to confront climate change

Tech companies caught in coronavirus disruption